And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek [was] the first of the nations; but his latter end [shall be] that he perish for ever.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Balaam vit Amalek. Il prononça son oracle, et dit: Amalek est la première des nations, Mais un jour il sera détruit.
KJV
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek [was] the first of the nations; but his latter end [shall be] that he perish for ever.
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
ὶ ἐκλιχμᾶται, μηδὲν ἐν αὐτῇ σπέρμα ἢ ζώπυρον ἀρετῆς ὑπολείπων. παρὸ καὶ λέγεται "ἀρχὴ ἐθνῶν Ἀμαλήκ" (Num. 24, 20), ὅτι τῶν μιγάδων καὶ 1 ἀπὸ] ὑπὸ Η ἐφέσεως Η 3 τὰς] καὶ L 4 γεγονυίας ΡΗ 9 ἐστιν Η 10 εὐπρεπὲς codd., corr. Turn. 11 ἐμφορηθῇ scripsi: ἐμφορηθήσεται codd. 12 εἰργάσατο…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 193 (Migne)
pium gentium Amalec, et in fine perdentur [Note: [Col. 0857D] Vulgata: Cujus extrema perdentur. ] (Num. XXIV, 20) .» Item ad Moysen: «Trade,» inquit, «hoc in auribus Josue, et scribe ob monimentum in libro: Delebo Amalec de sub coelo (Exod. XVII, 14) .» Cumque secundum haec sta…
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